In the first episode of The Watchtower, Ash Hunt invites Jason Clark, CSO at Cyera, to dig into the hard truth that foundational security controls still fail in real environments. Together, they explore why identity and data remain unsolved, how rapidly changing enterprise tech has outpaced control design, and why AI is forcing the industry to rethink its entire foundation.

This episode is made possible by Cyera.

Chapters

0:00 Has Cybersecurity Failed?

1:22 Jason Clark - Security Built for Old Tech

2:48 Why Security Frameworks Keep Failing

4:58 The Pattern - We Can’t Keep Up - iPhone, Cloud, AI Adoption

7:47 Security Strategy Problem - No Data Visibility

10:02 Data and Identity Are Broken in Security

13:34 Identity Is a House of Cards

15:09 AI Will Break (or Fix) Cybersecurity

18:18 Rethinking Security - Systems and Data as Assets

20:39 Why Security Teams Clash with the Business

24:02 Why Risk Modeling Fails in Security

27:58 CISO Leadership Problem - No Business Influence

30:42 AI Adoption - Why Security Must Lead

33:17 The Future of Cybersecurity - Orchestrating Intelligence

34:07 Closing - What Comes Next

Presented by Cyera. Produced by Mission.org.

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Welcome to The Watchtower.

The cybersecurity podcast exploring how identity, data, and behavior now control whether a business runs - or stops.

Hosted by former global CISO, Ash Hunt, The Watchtower pulls back the curtain on what’s actually happening behind dashboards - from fragile identity systems to the real impact of AI inside the business.

New episodes coming soon.

Presented by Cyera. Produced by Mission.org.

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.